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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for storing boats in the water |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, arm, bay, bight, breakwater, chuck, cove, dock, embankment, firth, gulf, haven, inlet, jetty, landing, mooring, pier, port, road, roadstead, wharf |
| Notes: | harbor first meant 'shelter' and 'lodging' and that is how the word first entered English place-names, as a 'place of shelter; refuge' for a crowd of people; a port is a haven for vessels and it is equipped for loading and unloading ships, while a harbor is a haven for vessels but does not necessarily have onshore facilities |
| Main Entry: | harbor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, protect |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, board, bunk, conceal, defend, domicile, entertain, guard, hold back, house, lodge, nurse, nurture, provide refuge, put up, quarter, relieve, safeguard, screen, secrete, secure, shelter, shield, suppress, withhold |
| Antonyms: | eject, let out, uncover |
| Main Entry: | harbor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in imagination |
| Synonyms: | believe, brood over, cherish, cling to, consider, entertain, foster, hold, imagine, maintain, nurse, nurture, regard, retain |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
Example Sentences
- On summer evenings when it is very hot, they sail to the farthest point of the harbor and drift while eating dinner.
- The wrecked boat was hauled to the harbor early Thursday.
- Our oceans harbor nearly half of all life on the planet.
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make room, lodging available |
| Synonyms: | board, contain, domicile, entertain, furnish, harbor, hold, house, put up, quarter, receive, rent, shelter, supply, take in, welcome |
| Antonyms: | turn away, turn out |
| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allow entry or use |
| Synonyms: | accept, be big on, bless, buy, concede, enter, entertain, give access, give the nod, give thumbs up, grant, harbor, house, initiate, introduce, let, let in, lodge, okay, permit, receive, shelter, sign off on, sign*, suffer, take, take in |
| Notes: | with admit, the acknowledgment of something being true applies to one's own sphere of conduct, whereas with concede the acknowledgment applies to another's; admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications |
| Antonyms: | debar, deny, dismiss, eject, exclude, expel, oust, refuse, reject, repel, shut |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | asylum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuge |
| Synonyms: | cover, den, harbor, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, ivory tower, port, preserve, refuge, retreat, safe house, safety, sanctuary, security, shelter |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | headquarters |
| Synonyms: | camp, center, depot, dock, field, garrison, hangar, harbor, home, port, post, settlement, site, starting point, station, strip, terminal |
| Antonyms: | annex, branch |
| Main Entry: | bay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shoreline indentation |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, arm, basin, bayou, bight, cove, estuary, fiord, firth, gulf, harbor, inlet, lagoon, loch, mouth, narrows, sound, strait |
| Main Entry: | bear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support mentally |
| Synonyms: | cherish, entertain, exhibit, harbor, have, hold, hold up, maintain, possess, shoulder, sustain, uphold, weigh upon |
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